Civ 4 Succession

[Caradir]

    Huge map, Continents, Warlord Difficulty (to see how we go), Epic pacing, Random Civ

    Conquest,Domination and Space race victories on.

    We got Celts




    Starting position, gave us Corn and silk. SO food and a trade resource.



    Nothing much to report for first few turns, then we became enlightened and founded Buddhism, the meditations started (for those unenlightened, once we get organized religion (monotheism iirc) each city with state religion gains +1 culture +1 happiness and constructs buildings 25% faster) and i shant go into the greater benefits gained from religion later.



    soon our scouts encountered another civilization


    and another



    Our enlightenment continued with the founding of Hinduism



    As Bibracte had grown to a stable size it changed focus away from stonehenge to settling new lands.

    Just as the old king was about to stand down another civilization was stumbled upon



    The king has died long live the king

(sorted obvious mistake i made with posting same screeny lots, Saffys up)

[Mangala]

When its my turn to be God Emperor of all the Celts, be prepared for comedy city renames

[Warcold]

The king is dead, long live the king!



Turn 32

Celt scouts destroy a barbarian village and rescue a Celt settler family that was held prisoner there. The scouts start to escort the settlers towards their homeland.




When the king receives word of this rescue, he cancels the training of the family that was deemed worthy to settle new lands. Instead he issues orders to use the valuable tools and food to finish the left wing spiritual project started by his predecessor, King Garry. He also orders his workforce to build a road towards the area where the king planned the second town of his expanding empire.





Turn 35

Celtic scouts discover the lands of the previously encountered Arabs





Turn 39

Celtic scouts find more inhabited land. They are greeted by a funny looking man with a wart on his chin. He gives them something called a 'book'. The scouts don't know what it is, until they find out the leaves inside are perfect for wiping arses. Funny gift though...





Turn 40

Celtic scientists finally find out how you can stack one stone upon another. The king now orders them to investigate the rumour that stuff called 'seeds' can grow into plants when put into the ground.






The settler family finally made it to the location where the king planned a new town. They unpack their things and build their first house. They begin training a family member for 'improving stuff'. Whatever that means...




Meanwhile, in lands far, far away, Celt scouts meet people calling themselves Khmer.





Turn 41

Celt roadbuilders connect the seat of the king to the newly settled lands, enabling trade between the two towns.





Turn 42

Jeez, how many different people life on 'our' continent?! Celt scouts meet the 'Persians', who also think they have a right to live here.





Turn 48

200 Years after the first rumours. Celt scientists finally manage to grow a plant from a seed. About time...




Because the current king does not want to upset his ancestor whose dream was to discover 20 different religions, he orders his scientists to find out how to change peoples minds into thinking that only one (not two, and not five and a half, just one!) god exists.





Turn 51

Some guy comes and tells us we suck. The king has his head chopped off.





Turn 52

A period of pillage and loot. Celt scouts snatch a village away from foreign scouts and loot 66 gold pieces. Meanwhile more to the north, other scouts loot 58 gold. Quite nice in a time where the empire spends more gold than it gains.







Turn 53
Far to the east Celt scouts discover a similar great water as is known close to the west.





Turn 54

An interesting looking circle of stones is built in Bibracate. New age is born. Our ancestor will be pleased.




Although there is still a family around that is halfway through the lessons "how to build a town in 100 days", the king decides to order the local thugs to go and find some clubs first. This will give the local populace some time to give their offspring much needed lessons in hill climbing. Someone told the king that that would earn him 4 'hammers', which, he is told, is a good thing.





Turn 55

While scouts defeated a big bad wolf, more lands around Vienne are claimed from wilderness.





Turn 56

The lands where the previously encountered Khmer come from are discovered.





Turn 57

Using the newest technology, some working folk create something they call a farm. This enable bakers to create whole corn loaves in stead of just slices of whatnot.





Turn 59

After 175 years, the local thugs have finally found the clubs they are happy with. The lessons on 'how to build a town in 100 days' are finally continued, while people climb the hills to the south of Bibracte.






Meanwhile, Celt scouts discover the lands that the Persians call home.





Turn 60

The king turned old, very old... On his death bed, he calls his advisers and asks them if he did well. They do not answer that question, but show him maps of his towns and the lands his people discovered.








The King's sigh of regret that he did not have more time to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no Celt has gone before turns out to be his last breath.


(2 lions, 3 wolves and 1 panther were hurt in the making of this write-up)

[Caradir]

very good write up Saf except slagging off King Garry that is

[Warcold]

 

[Caradir]

King Jon move your arse

[Mangala]

King Jon move your arse

Hush, you know how long it takes to comedy rename cities - especially after we converted to Judaism

Ive 20 turns left to go of my reign so

[Mangala]

So, King Me took the throne, and immediately renamed the two cities to Buckfast (was to be called Tartantown, but shortly after it changed to that, King Me got an rash from tartan...) & Glasgae Rangers (Im sad I know), and made plans for the next town to be settled to be called Brigadoon.

Pre-rename of the rename.

Post rename of the rename:

Along the way we discovered Monotheism, and converted to Judaism. So now we are Jewish+Hindu Buddhists, that dont eat bacon and worship cows while bothering about Karma. Its awful, no bacon or steaks dude!

We had some hero scouts too:

However it wasnt to be, and various scouts fell to barbarian warriors suddenly coming out of the trees  Much sadness was felt throughout the land.

Cottaging is now legal in our nation, thanks to Leonard Nimoy, that great Hindu+jewish+Buddhist God:

In 2075, it came to pass and the town of Brigadoon was settled.  One day they'll make a very bad musical film reel about this momentous occasion:

And the god Leonard gave us fishing, we can now feed our vastly increasing population. Maybe Hinduism was a bad idea...

After discoveries of Bronze Working and starting to domesticate animals, the reign of King Me came to an end

[Caradir]

So Garry II took reign of the Celtic nation, and set out correcting the mistakes of his predecessors. Namely taking away from his workers the ability to decide themselves what work to do. He noticed that they were doing stupid things and didnt like that.

He alo decided to rename his cities namely by sorting out the proper Celtic colloquialisms .

he viewed his starting domain, and wondered why when Buddhism was the state religion that some cities were building heathen buildings, but as he believed in freedom of belief left them alone.



It wasnt long until his esteemed Nimoy gave knowledge of herding animals.



and so the Celts decided to start work on written language else some of the beliefs they had  become confused via oral tradition.

Soon a world traveller proclaimed the Celts as the most cultured place on the planet, and gave Glesgae Rangers the title "Cultural city of 1475 BC"



So a written language was decided on to make passing knowledge through the ages easier. but alas the big wall that Glesgae Rangers was building to promote its cultural heritage went overbudget and so the bricks were sold to another country.



The Buckie Triangle produced another jakie (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=jakie) who stumbled along the coast and founded Haggis Toon who immediately decided to start building a big church so the could be good on Sundays and eat fish on Fridays.



The last Celtic scout was "set aboot" by 2 apparent barbarians (the assumption is that they were Angles in reality) which was sooo obtuse.



Alas it became time to stand down just as Garry II was getting things the way they should. The workers were no longer doing "what they liked" but instead were following strict orders, and the roads and building of a great nation wre advancing. His people were also very close to realising that as well as letters numbers were great too.

[Warcold]

Saffy2 finds the empire in what he thinks is a poor state. All scouts have died, and the empire is only defended by 2 warriors. The infrastructure around and between the towns is lacking and there are not quite enough workers to change this anytime soon. To make matters worse, three out of the four towns are working on large projects, that, although they might turn out into unique buildings that will make us stand out in the world, are a huge drain on the empires economy and may prove a waste of time if other empires finish a similar project before us. However, because quite some effort has been put into the projects already, Saffy2 decides to make do and hope for the best.

The first thing Saffy2 does is tune down the amount of gold that the scientists get paid. Although that will mean they work slower, it will mean a more healthy economy. Saffy2 also thinks the effect on the current research project will be minimal.
Other than that, Saffy2 orders a worker to mine for copper so we can use metal weapons and better defend our empire. As a quick patch, Brigadoon will build an archer as soon as the granary has been build.







Then Saffy2 takes a look at how his empire fares compared to the other empires that compete for dominance on the continent.










That's not looking too shabby.

Things get even better when the principles of mathematics are discovered. Celtia enters the classic era.






The empire harbours a lot of plants that can not be farmed like the other crops. Timing is very important to grow these plants successfully, so we will need some method to keep a track of the seasons. An island some ways of the coast is rumoured to hold clues on how to do this. It is decided to find a way to get to that island first. At that time a flag pole snaps because a sudden gust of wind tugged at the cloth of the flag so hard. An idea is born on how to propel a vessel to the island. Now to work out the details...




Civilians of Brigadoon bring out their first load of copper from the newly established mine. It is brought to town to forge weapons as soon as possible. The empire is still largely undefended!




Meanwhile, a man with a beard is born in the capital. People somehow worship this freakshow baby... When the baby dies before even reaching his first birthday, they erect a large building to his honour. Pilgrims come and go to visit his grave, bringing culture from far away lands and of course... commerce!






The first experiments with copper weapons show that simple bums are lacking the skills to properly wield axes. Saffy2, decides that a training program needs to be set up before more warriors are given the new weapons.




Scientist discover a way to safely mount a flagpole on a ship and set flag for the island to search for the clue that is rumoured to be there.




Protests erupt in the capital. Rumours about savage warriors roaming the land frightened the people and they demand Saffy2 protect them from this threat. Luckily Saffy2 was in time with having the archers trained. They are sent to march to the capital.




Flagors tell tales of a strange way of looking at the world. Saffy2 is confused...




Concerned civilians did research on how well protected the empire is as compared to other empires. Saffy2 points out that although the current situation does not look good, he is making progress. The civilians acknowledge that in the last few centuries the situation is getting less grim, but stress the importance of a decent military. Saffy2 could not agree more. Not only the barbarian hordes pose a problem, but he thinks we can not stay too far behind when compared to other empires too. He heard stories of a land called India, that built lots of unique wonders, but crumbled in 4 turns (whatever that might be) when they were attacked by another empire.




After thinking some more about the threat other empires may pose, Saffy2 decides to pull away some informants here, and send them to there, as to get a more complete picture of what is going in the other empires on the continent.




Then one of the unique buildings I mentioned earlier is finished. Saffy2 calls it Oracle and when you look at it from a funny angle, you can see a cross. Christianity is born.










Then the first roaming bands of barbarians reach the empire's boarders. Saffy2 is glad he had some sense and had warriors trained to meet this threat. Not long after that, two more groups are spotted. All are quickly disposed off.






Saffy2 hears rumours of warriors fighting from horseback. Intrigued, he orders horses to be caught to be able to do the same. Unfortunately, his people have been unable to catch horses so far away and then bring them alive and well to the empire. Saffy2 orders the lessons 'how to build a town in 100 days' to be dusted off and a family to be prepared to settle lands where horses are available. As soon as suited lands are found the lessons for the new family start.




Saffy2 notices that warriors that have drafted from hilly terrain fight better in that terrain. He orders that some artificial hills are to be build near the training facility. They are built so that they also form a barrier against enemies.






However, before he can admire his empire's new expansion, Saffy2 dies and leaves the empire in the following situation:

[Mangala]

"Whiny git who drags his feet" rose to take on leadership of this great nation, and having seen the ponderous essays on everything from the country itself to what he had for tea, written by his predecessor he thinks "blow this, lets get some artists up in here" (Just in a classical language obviously).

Archer being produced. By unknown:


Before, the Artist could continue, some Classical oik weighs in and says we have the most warm bodies. 


Personal Whiny thinks that they are all tax dodgers, as no way do we make loads money from them all... PRobably because they have no idea when the Tax season is, however as would have it, Calendars appear:


With a bonus, plantations.  "Lots of Southern Belles to meet and to er... greet. I do declare" thinks Whiny.

Suddenly Whiny has an idea:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtXFDkdHkBc

Which leads to this:



A settler emerges in Buckie Triangle and is sent off to live in a place with Horses.  He eventually founds the town of Slumpie:


And gets some workers over to get those Horses reigned in (totally punning dudes!) and put to some use.  Bring it on Saladin:


After a few years of workers working, warriors warrioring and stuff along those lines, it seems our population really doesnt have much to do in the evenings:


Although how they found the strength after building the Pyramids is beyond Whinys train of thought "mmmm servant girls"


Remaining few years passed very unventually, 2 new towns were founded. 1 because bananas have a humourous shape and the other because there was copper nearby and we need that to make weapons for the fu, er to make peaceful plowshares and the like.

[Caradir]

So the new king stepped up to the throne and surveyed what was his, he noticed the lack of workforce and set about sorting that out, he also noticed that his ancestor had allowed "foreigners" to set foot freely upon his lands, that was soon put a stop too.

It wasnt long until the people finalised their usage of a written language and formulated an alphabet



an old man reached enlightenment in Buckie triangle and built another great building of faith



and Brigadoon finished its terraced garden project, making the empire healthier



some bloke proclaimed the Celts as the biggest empire



The King rejoiced at having completed one of his aims, spreading the state religion to all cities ensuring the builders worked faster due to them feeling closer to the deity


after more "sorting shit out" as the king was heard to quote, a brain person came up with the idea of round bits of metal called "coins" to pay for things



the king was reday to stand down but had a view at his governments policies



he crawled away to die and wondered what the other 2 families whos turn to rule came after his would bring.

[Warcold]

other civ builds wonder
note the signs a predecessor set up




2M




another wonder by another civ




tech




dey spaii us!




more tech




barb territory seen from second village I built




other civs think they can get my shit for free
they are wrong




even more tech




our own spaii!




one axeman dies
barb town now our town





THE END (for now)





Better Jon?

[Bethor]

 
liked your other writeup way more

[Caradir]

liked your other writeup way more

me too that said "i cant be arsed"